Elysium - blue backgound Picture

Uploading time! Ive been chipping away at past due projects, as well as my own personal ones. Heres the first drawing in the line of requested projects.

I love it when story creators really research the basis for their material; ostensibly, these tales (in this case video games) appear to be yet another title that is usually a basic scenario; it may touch on a few elements of classic literature or mythology to add a bit of depth, but nothing much more than that. However, as you pay a bit more attention you discover that these games are modern retellings and/or contain so many references of ancient texts; TWEWY and Persona 3 are two such games, and I love them to death.

This was to be a simple drawing of Persona 3s Aigis and Ryoji. However, I started delving deeper into the character names, as well as in-game scenarios, and it fortified my admiration for the game.

*SPOILERS*

Pharos (Ryojis younger self) is associated with butterflies. Of course, Ryojis true self is Thanatos. Thanatos in ancient Greek mythology is not only the god of death, but is represented as a young man with a butterfly (the ancient Greek word for butterfly can also be read as soul or life) or an infant cradled in the arms of his mother, Nyx (goddess of night). The Aegis/Aigis was a shield or cape associated with Athena (coincidentally the name of Aigis Persona) that served as a protection against death or injury to those who wore/claimed it.

Thanatos twin brother was Hypnos, the god of sleep (I was entertaining the possibility that Atlus was implying that Minato was somehow Hypnos, being as hes usually tired and looks like Ryoji  if thats the case Id probably go into a spazz). The red poppies - known for their hypnagogic and narcotic effects due to their opium content - symbolize the poppies found at the entrance of the two brothers dwelling in the ancient Greek underworld.

Due to these awesome aspects I added more of a Greek touch with the crumbling blocks.

I couldnt decide which background I liked more, so Im uploading both versions. (Grey version here: [link])